Volunteers
1985 · Movie · R · 107 min · ★ 5.5
After graduating from Yale in 1962, womanizing Lawrence flees a gambling debt that his rich dad won't pay and takes his roomie's place as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Thai Golden Triangle with two other PCVs. Will he survive two years?
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Details
- Years
- 1985
- Release date
- 1985-08-16
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 107 min
- TMDB rating
- 5.5/10 (182 votes)
Themes
- naivety
- central intelligence agency (cia)
- gambling
- cold war
- asia
- village
- thailand
- bridge
- spoiled child
- product placement
- yale university
- wealth
- +4 more
Cast & crew
Tom Hanks
as Lawrence Whatley Bourne III
John Candy
as Tom Tuttle
Rita Wilson
as Beth Wexler
Tim Thomerson
as John Reynolds
Gedde Watanabe
as At Toon
George Plimpton
as Lawrence Bourne Jr.
Ernest Harada
as Chung Mee
Allan Arbus
as Albert Bardenaro
Xander Berkeley
as Kent Sutcliffe
Ji-Tu Cumbuka
as Cicero
Directed by Nicholas Meyer